Kos, among others, warns Dems against falling for the Chicken Little act on the bailout of the financial crisis. I think they are all right. We should be wary of this problem. But I'd like to show how this crisis can be a "win-win" despite Congressional aversion of risk.
That is simply, for Obama to pivot back to the Iraq war. "Why? How? Wuh-huh? Iraq war?"
YES. THE IRAQ WAR. Explanation on the flip.
First, McCain has made some progress with this line of attack:
Sen. Obama has refused to admit that the surge was a success. He'd rather win an election than lose a war. Etc. Etc.
And he is sure to beat the "surge was a success" drum as much as he can in Friday's debate.
That will leave the door WIDE OPEN for an Obama retort of epic proportions. Imagine this,
"You know, Sen. McCain has said this is all about the surge. And he's right that the surge has succeeded. But look at the cost. Just look at the cost to date. We've spent almost 600 billion dollars in Iraq. A war that was, as I said at the time, ill-advised, and as history now agrees. By the time we conduct an orderly withdrawal, the cost in dollars alone is going to be around 700 billion dollars. Now, does that number remind anyone of anything? That is the same amount of money Treasury Paulson has demanded from the American people in order to stop the financial turmoil and get our economy back on its feet. Sen. McCain made a decision that was ill-advised, and he doesn't want to pay for it. He rather bankrupt the American economy than admit he was wrong to begin with."
We can do this folks, but we've got to make sure it is done. $10B a month is going right now for a war that was started without cause. That's too much money. And we've already spent our nest-egg, and so our economy suffers. This is the legacy of Bush-McCain. It is the legacy of the Iraq war.